22737. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 54 Cases of Butter. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 32384. Sample no. 68651-A.) This case involved a shipment of butter that contained filth. On January 31, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 54 cases of butter at Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- merce, on or about January 22, 1934, by Armour & Co., from Springfield, Mo., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Spring Brook Brand Creamery Butter." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance. On June 28, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.